Toolbar References

Harmony has several toolbars. The Top toolbars are available at the top of the interface and the View toolbars are in individual windows. View toolbars are only shown if the particular view is displayed in the workspace. This is a complete list of the toolbars available in Toon Boom Harmony.

Top Toolbars

A drawing is composed of two layers, a line layer and a colour layer. The colour layer is always placed under the line layer. These layers are accessible in the Drawing or Camera view (using drawing tools). When you view the final drawing, you will see the final composition of the lines and colours, not two separate layers. You need to change your Preferences to allow the use of those advanced Art layers in order to see them.

You can draw and paint in all layers. If you prefer to work in a single layer, everything can be done in Line Art.

The Mark Drawing toolbar lets you identify drawings such as Key, Breakdown and In-between. The drawing Identification feature can help the animator stay well organized and save time when identifying key, breakdown or in-between drawings in the Xsheet and Timeline views.

When designing or animating, it is useful to be able to see your previous drawings. The Onion Skin tool is used to preview the previous and subsequent drawings. By default, the previous drawings will appear with a shade of red and the next drawings will be displayed with a shade of green, but you can change the display options in the Preferences dialog box. In the Onion Skin toolbar, you can select what type of drawing you want to display in your onion skin display.

The Playback toolbar lets you play back your animation and sound. Use it to scrub the sound to create your lip-sync, loop the playback, navigate through frames, and change the playback range and speed.

Name

Button

Description

Play

Plays and stops the animation.

You can also select Play > Play Scene Forward or Stop.

Render and Play

Creates a render of your scene to play back the final result including the effects.

Loop

Repeatedly plays back your animation indefinitely.

You can also select Play > Loop.

Sound

Enables sound in the playback.

You can also select Play > Enable Sound.

Sound Scrubbing

Enables sound scrubbing in the playback.

You can also select Play > Enable Sound Scrubbing.

Jog Frames

Lets you scroll through the playback’s frames.

Lets you change the playback frame range by entering new values in the Start and Stop fields. You can also click on the Start and Stop words to set the start or end frame at the current frame.

The first time you open Harmony, the default workspace is loaded. Other workspaces are available such as the Hand-Drawn Animation and Compositing workspaces; these display different views and toolbars. You can access these workspaces and any you create, from the Windows menu and the Workspace toolbar.